20 Hanukkah Movies That Will Light Up The Holiday
Celebrate one of the eight nights of Hanukkah with a movie.
Nothing beats the eight-night celebration of Hanukkah, when we light candles on our menorah and exchange gifts with our family and friends. Whether you touch down in the kitchen to make latkes with your Bubbie or spend hours spinning the dreidel with your siblings, there's still so much fun to be had for the holiday. One of our favorite ways to celebrate is by winding down on the couch and turning on a Hanukkah movie for the occasion.
There are tons of great Hanukkah movies out there, and our list is full of picks that anyone in your family will love. Is your mom obsessed with lighthearted Hallmark flicks? Try putting on Eight Gifts of Hanukkah. Or, if your fam celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah, the holiday spirit of Mistletoes & Menorahs will feel just right. And for your theater-buff sister, play the musical classic Fiddler on the Roof. Ahead, find the 20 best Hanukkah movies to stream this holiday season.
Crossing Delancey
This flick follows a single Manhattan woman whose grandmother wants more for her. So, she enlists a Jewish matchmaker to hook her granddaughter up with a working-class Jewish pickle vendor. He ends up fighting for her attention when another bachelor enters the equation.
Ira Finkelstein's Christmas
If you've ever felt like you were left out of the Christmas fun because you're Jewish, you're not alone. This movie plays on that exact situation when a boy named Ira Finkelstein swaps his Florida plane ticket with another kid who's supposed to go to Christmastown, Washington.
A Serious Man
If you're a fan of heartwrenching stories, this Coen brothers film is just for you. A Serious Man is set in the 1960s and follows a Jewish physics lecturer in Minnesota as he deals with unideal life circumstances and turns to rabbis for help.
Hanukkah
In this horror movie, a group of young adults prepare for Hanukkah festivities but find they're being targeted by a terrifying external source.
Full-Court Miracle
Menorah in the Middle
A woman named Sarah is excited to take a trip back home to share news of her engagement with her family during Hanukkah, but things take a turn once her dad has a heart attack.
Fiddler on the Roof
This film adaptation of the 1964 Broadway musical follows a poor dad to five daughters in pre-revolutionary Russia who tries to keep up Jewish traditions against antisemitism while finding good husbands for them.
A Rugrats Chanukah
Throw it back with this 1996 Hanukkah special from the beloved Rugrats cartoon. Tommy, Dil, Chucky, Angelica, Lil, and Phil learn about the history of the holiday from Tommy and Dil's grandpa Boris during a trip to the synagogue.
Little Fockers
This sequel to Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers continues the story of Greg Focker. Like the first two films in the hilarious trilogy, Greg tries to impress and earn the trust of his uptight father-in-law, Jack.
Eight Crazy Nights
In this Adam Sandler animated flick, the comedian plays a 30-something who parties a little too hard. He gets in legal trouble, but his judge gives him another chance since it's the holiday season. He's tasked with doing community service as a referee for the youth basketball league.
Hitched for the Holidays
This list wouldn't be complete without a holiday rom-com. In Hitched for the Holidays, a bachelor signs up for a dating site to fulfill his grandmother's wish of seeing him settle down. He meets another Jewish New Yorker, and they agree to accompany each other at their families' holiday celebrations. Will their faux-mance become real?
The Night Before
This one's for the adults — in this comedy, three childhood best friends have a yearly Christmas Eve tradition of throwing the craziest parties. The tradition is changing as they're growing up, but to make it a night to remember, they set out to find the best holiday party: the Nutcracka Ball. Seth Rogen plays a Jewish character in this comedy.
An American Tail
This beloved Steven Spielberg animated flick follows Fievel, a mouse who emigrates from Russia to the United States with his family after cats took over their home. While this movie is a childhood fave, it's also considered an allegory where the mice represent Jewish immigrants while the cats represent anti-Semitic forces that threatened them on their journeys.
Mistletoes & Menorahs
Lifetime makes some of the best holiday movies out there, and Hanukkah is no exception. In this lighthearted film, a big-shot toy company executive must learn about the Jewish holiday to land a big account. She enlists the help of a bachelor who happens to need her help to impress his girlfriend's family for Christmas.
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill is another hilarious Adam Sandler flick that your family will LOL at this season. The comedian plays a pair of siblings that get off on the wrong foot during Thanksgiving. To make it up to his sister, Jack offers to let Jill stay through Hanukkah.
Double Holiday
Holiday movies are a Hallmark Channel staple, and this one touches on both Hanukkah and Christmas. Rebecca and Chris tend to clash at work, but when they're asked to plan their company's Christmas party, they have to overcome their differences.
Eight Gifts of Hanukkah
This whimsical flick will put anyone in the holiday spirit. When Sara starts receiving anonymous Hanukkah gifts from a secret admirer, she realizes that she may find love where she least expects it.
An American Pickle
This isn't *technically* a Hannukah flick, but Seth Rogen plays two roles — a Jewish factory worker and his great-grandson. After being preserved in pickle brine for 100 years, the factory worker finds himself in modern-day New York City and finds his great-grandson.
Love, Lights, Hannukah!
When a restaurant owner learns she's Jewish from a DNA test, she meets new family members and even finds an unexpected romance over the eight nights of Hanukkah.
The Hebrew Hammer
This comedy follows an unorthodox Jewish man known as The Hebrew Hammer. He embarks on a mission to save Hanukkah from Santa Claus' evil son, Damian, who wants Christmas to be the only major holiday.
Sam is an assistant news editor at Cosmo, covering all things pop culture, entertainment, and celebrity news. She previously covered those same topics along with health, lifestyle, and beauty at Seventeen. When she isn't draping her cheeks in blush, you can probably find her live-tweeting awards shows or making SwiftToks.
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